Early Broccoli

We can say our garden never sleeps. Presently, garlic, herbs, onion and broccoli plants are growing. With the warm late winter t…

Frugal Gardener: Cutting lettuce in March

Red Sails lettuce cut Mar. 2 It was beautiful—the head of Red Sails lettuce I cut Friday when Ellen said we needed lettuce for ou…

More recycled materials for gardens

Since we are all taking advantage of the warm winter to work on preparing our gardens for the season (are we?  I hope I'm the…

Frugal Gardener: Seed catalog(s) revelation!

Does the Frugal Gardener in you get irritated when you see five packets of seeds you want to buy in one catalog but the sixth pac…

Frugal Gardener: Free coffee-shop garden kits

Free garden kit begins at your favorite coffee shop Hey, Frugal Gardeners, when you next shell out a buck or two for a morning co…

January supermarket surprise

Giant surprise! Surprise!  Just beyond the stacks of bags of potatoes and onions and next to tropical houseplants and the “balloo…

Frugal Gardener: Greenhouseperhaps becomes mini-greenhouse

Frosted greenhouseperhaps after December 29 flurries We’ve had temperatures as low as 22°F and snow flurries in late October and …

Frugal Gardener: My $13.67 greenhouseperhaps

My $13.67 greenhouseperhaps Finally one of my dreams has come true: I have a greenhouseperhaps.  I bought it for $13.67 at Wal-Ma…